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Hunts Point workers strike
Workers at the Hunts Point Market where 60 percent of the city's produce enters through are on strike after failed pay negotiations.
NEW YORK - Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx continued to strike for a second day, demanding better pay.
Hundreds of union members with teamsters local 202 walked off the job Sunday after contract negotiations broke down last week.
The workers-- who make about $18-$21 an hour-- say they are being paid unfair wages despite working an essential job of helping stock store shelves during the coronavirus pandemic.
The union is demanding a raise of $1 an hour and an additional 60 cents to maintain health insurance.
The Hunts Point Produce market says it continued to pay full health insurance for its employees despite a drop of 30 percent of business last spring due to the pandemic.